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3 Ducats - Frederick Augustus I Vicariat
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Year | 1711 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#811, KahntAu#289 |
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| Reverse description | Two crowned heraldic shields displayed side by side in the field: to the left the arms of Poland-Lithuania surmounted by a royal crown, and to the right the quartered arms of Saxony surmounted by an electoral bonnet, flanked by decorative branches. The date 17-11 is divided by the base of the shields below, with a three-line Latin inscription arranged in an arc above reading AUG II D G REX POL ET EL SAX / VICARIUS / IMP., commemorating Frederick Augustus I's role as Imperial Vicar. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUG II D G REX POL ET EL SAX VICARIUS IMP 17 11 |
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The Vicariat coinage was issued under a specific constitutional privilege of the Holy Roman Empire: during an imperial interregnum, the Elector of Saxony held the office of Imperial Vicar for the northern German territories, administering imperial authority until a new emperor was elected. Frederick Augustus I — better known as Augustus the Strong — exercised this right following the death of Emperor Joseph I in April 1711. The Vicariat issues of that year were as much political declarations as they were currency, asserting Saxon preeminence within the imperial hierarchy.
The 1711 interregnum was brief. Charles VI was elected in October of the same year.